UncategorizedFor Students of the Laugh TrackI’ve talked a few times about the differences between real laughter and canned laughter in television (which are often spoken of...
UncategorizedMaking the Transition: Episodic to SerialThere’s been some discussion of whether Fringe , whose "mythology" episodes are consistently better than its stand-alone...
UncategorizedPeter Graves, The Real Star of A&EPeter Graves has died at the age of 83 . It surprised me that he was only 83, because he had such a long career that it seemed...
UncategorizedThe Significance of Ralph KramdenNoel Murray over at the AV Club has launched what promises to be a great new bi-weekly column, "A Very Special Episode." He’ll be...
UncategorizedHow Will They Write Off Katherine Heigl?If Michael Ausiello is right and Katherine Heigl will leave Grey’s Anatomy without filming another episode , it brings up the...
UncategorizedCorey Haim Looks For Some AnswersI don’t have much to say about Corey Haim, except that it’s a sad story. But here’s the main title from his 1987 flop sitcom...
UncategorizedIf 24 Ends...The show was a big advance in the well-known art of washed-up movie stars re-inventing themselves for TV
UncategorizedStar Wars Meets Parks and RecreationWhile there are too many Star Wars -related videos on YouTube (and not enough Starcrash videos), this one almost requires...
UncategorizedHow I Met Your Mother’s Barney: Cartoon or Human?This season of How I Met Your Mother has revealed a split in the way different fans view the show’s most popular...
UncategorizedYou Make Us So Happy, Oh, Andy (Richter)In case you haven’t seen it yet, Andy Richter was on Regis and Kelly this morning , and while he didn’t dish a lot of dirt or...